Lucy Deland
General Partner
Lucy is a General Partner at Inspired Capital. Prior to Inspired Capital, Lucy was on the founding team at Paperless Post, where she spent a decade as COO building the company to serve over 100 million hosts and guests.
Lucy is obsessed with designing and building great products—those that swallow complexity, create joy, foster creativity, drive productivity or give back to the user with insights, impact or saved time. She loves working with founders who also derive joy from building differentiated products and delivering experiences that drive meaningful impact—across both consumer and B2B categories—and who win long-term on their commitment to exceptionalism.
More About Lucy:
Lucy began her career at Insight Venture Partners before joining Alexa and James Hirschfeld to start Paperless Post in 2008. Over the course of a decade, she led key areas of the business including finance, product management, data analytics and infrastructure, consumer insights, and strategy. Her leadership was instrumental in transforming Paperless Post from a concept in a living room to a global platform with 100 million users. Lucy is passionate about the synergy between intuition and data, believing that when combined, they create something truly powerful. This approach shapes not only her work in company building and investing, but also her personal life, including raising her children.
Lucy holds an A.B. in Psychology from Harvard College. She lives in New York City with her two children, Daphne and Bruns.
What Founders Say
"Lucy is a great thought partner to Nirvana and personally to me as first time founder and CEO. She's supported us through tough moments in the journey to finding product market fit and more recently, has been helpful in scaling our business with strong fundamentals."
"After 20+ years of calling Lucy a friend and thought partner, I now have the incredible luck of having her on my board. I truly cannot imagine a better thought partner, champion, or advocate. Lucy's product insights are unmatched; her approach is both practical and inspirational; and she is the ultimate problem solver. Lucy brings both high standards and high support to every interaction we have, and we are so incredibly lucky to have her in our corner."